Good Omens...And Bad: Prophecy in Theory and Practice, Lab Four

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Friday, September 29, Second Period

Once again the furniture has been rearranged. There are large comfortable pillows and cushions on the floor, and between each set of two is a low table with two decks of cards sitting on it. One deck is an ordinary set of playing cards, the other is a classical tarot deck. There are also two sets of handouts on each table. As usual, a table of tea and coffee, scones, cookies, and tea sandwiches has been provided.

"Today's exercise is on Cartomancy, or the skill of divining through cards. Cartomancy can be done using ordinary playing cards, although many people choose to use the more ornate and specialized tarot cards. You have a choice to use either one today. Once you've gotten comfortable, I want you to follow the guidelines on your handouts and do a simple reading for your lab partner. You can choose any layout you like, although you must use a minimum of three cards. If you're not certain what to choose, consider using the Celtic Cross, which is a very common layout for general readings."

HOMEWORK: One of the handouts is actually a take-home test. Please complete the test and bring with you to lab next Friday.

[OOC: The following links can be used to generate tarot readings.]
Traditional Tarot Reading #1
Traditional Tarot Reading #2
Reading using Playing Cards

Syllabus
Class Roster
Classes Linkdrop
Lab Partner List

[Please wait for OCD threads. Class is now in session.]

Comments

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

"Well, either that or there's lots of bad news ahead of us," Bel said half-heartedly.

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, no chance of that happening." Blair said worriedly.

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

"Nope," Bel said. "So, uh, reading for you, or just cookies for the rest of class?"

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair eyed the cards and raised a cookie in a toast to Bel. "I'm thinking cookies, man. If Aziraphale has a problem, maybe we can show him our collective owies and he'll take pity on us."

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

"Works for me," Bel said, raising his own cookie and tapping it against Blair's.

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair bit into his cookie and checked Bel out. "Any word from Phoebe?"

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

"I talked to her last night," Bel said. "She's doing okay. Hopefully she'll be back at school Monday."

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Really, man? That's awesome!" Blair grinned. "Did you tell her about your...uh... tarantula problem?"

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

"No," Bel said shortly.

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Blair eyed him over his cookie. "Is this a topic we're not going to talk to Phoebe about?"

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

"No point," Bel said. "She doesn't need to know."

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh." Blair didn't push. "Whatever you say, man."

"How are you doing with the tarantula problem?"

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

Bel shrugged. "It's not a problem. It happened. It's over."

Yes, he may be in denial.

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Reeeeally?" Blair said slowly.

Re: Lab Exercise: Cartomancy

[demonbelthazor]

"Yes, really," Bel said. "What's the point of worrying about it?"